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"Is that an innate talent of your kind? Or is it technology developed by your planet?"
After a slight pause, Masaki Keigo shook his head again to indicate his denial.
"No, I retrieved the surveillance footage of you possessing Xincheng..."
"That ability to assimilate with any life form must be an innate talent of your race, right?"
"Or is it some kind of unknown technology developed by your race?"
"You, or your family members, came to Earth many years ago and then assimilated with some kind of life on Earth."
"You came to Earth this time to find her, didn't you?"
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Chapter 306 The Alien Fugitive
Let's rewind to a few months ago, when TPC was conducting a large-scale open selection of eligible candidates.
As an elite member of the Victory Team, Shinjo naturally participated in this secret selection and became one of the best among them.
Then came a series of adaptive training sessions and internal teamwork.
Until a month ago, Xincheng and his newly assigned partner had an accident during a flight training session.
Due to the new partner's erroneous operation, the aircraft they were piloting went out of control halfway through the flight and crashed.
Xincheng, thanks to his skillful experience in jumping from planes, managed to escape at the last moment.
However, his co-pilot was not so lucky.
After Shinjou regained consciousness, the doctor in charge of treating him was surprised to find that, apart from the concussion he suffered during the landing, he was miraculously unharmed.
However, after seeing Xincheng's previous series of malfunctions, the doctor's surprise quickly turned into speechlessness.
With so many experiences of jumping out of planes and crashing so many aircraft...
The doctor felt that it would be quite astonishing if the other person had died from such a simple accident.
Although it may be inhumane to say this, the deceased co-pilot must indeed bear full responsibility for this accident.
In this situation, not only did no one care about Xincheng's injuries, but no one even held him accountable.
However, what no one knew was that the new city began to change from that time on.
Before jumping out of the plane, Shinjoong tried to save his partner, which delayed the best time to jump.
By the time Xincheng realized the situation was dire and began to try to save itself, it was already too late.
Having missed the optimal moment, the new city was on the verge of collapse upon its forced landing.
Am I going to die here? In such a humiliating way?
Looking up at the starry sky, Xincheng felt as if he saw a shooting star streak across the horizon.
The next second, Xincheng closed his eyes for a long time.
When he opened his eyes again, the old city had disappeared, replaced by a fugitive from another planet.
To be honest, when Masaki Keigo saw this scene through the recording device Shinjo carried with him, the shock he felt was indescribable.
To outsiders, Xincheng appeared to have only been in a coma for a short time.
But in Masaki Keigo's eyes, it was clearly a streak of light descending from the sky that replaced Shinjo's existence.
Upon realizing the truth, Masaki Keigo deleted the video without hesitation, becoming the only human to know the truth.
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Why don't you expose me?
His eyes revealed an indescribable complexity; Xincheng's question came from the bottom of his heart.
Even though he had already seen through his own identity, he did not expose himself to the higher-ups.
Even after inheriting all of Shinjo's memories, he still couldn't understand the actions of Masaki Keigo, this human being.
"Why should I expose you?"
He asked a very direct question, and Masaki Keigo's expression at that moment revealed his attitude.
"Your existence can only benefit, not harm, research on how to revive the Titans."
"If I can decipher the secrets within you, then perhaps I can bypass the 'verification mechanism' of the giant statue and truly become the first human to transform into a giant."
Having said all that, Masaki Keigo knew that Shinjo was a smart man, and there was no need for him to continue.
"Now you should tell me your background and abilities, right?"
After a moment's hesitation, Xincheng looked up at the sky again and finally began to explain everything that had happened to him.
Xincheng, or rather the life form possessing Xincheng, was indeed a wanderer from another planet.
The race to which this alien wanderer belongs is an extremely unique form of life.
Long before they evolved to the stage of cosmic civilization, they voluntarily abandoned their physical bodies and instead adopted possession and assimilation of other life forms as their way of survival.
Relying on a special technology called the "Embedded System," the alien wanderers achieved a kind of "immortality" and enjoyed different lives through repeated reincarnations and possessions.
Unfortunately, it was precisely because of the existence of the "embedded system" that these alien wanderers were targeted by the Natanians.
Unlike the alien nomads who were all "enjoyment-oriented," the Natanians had their sights set on the military applications of the "embedded system" from the very beginning.
With this system, they can almost perfectly assimilate with native organisms.
The Natanians would find it much easier to invade other civilizations, and could even rule them effortlessly.
As expected, the alien nomads' civilization was destroyed by the Natanians without even putting up any decent resistance.
So for the long time that followed, the remaining members of their tribe had no choice but to wander far from home, roaming among the stars, clinging to their last remaining hope and living a solitary life.
It was about thirteen years ago, in 1994.
Three alien wanderers came to Earth: a mother, a son, and a daughter.
Considering that the three of them were still being hunted by the Natanians, and that the supplies on the spaceship were not enough for everyone to return to space.
So the youngest daughter was left on Earth and assimilated with a girl who happened to be in a car accident at the time.
The mother then took her son back to space and joined the remaining members of her race to fight against the evil deeds of the Natanians.
"I am the son in the story..."
He let out a deep sigh, and an undisguised sadness appeared in Shinjo's eyes.
"Although my mother died in the battle against the Natanians, the remaining people of my tribe eventually found a new home."
"I came here to bring my sister back and live with her in our new home."
Seeing that Masaki Keigo seemed to be still deep in thought, Shinjo added further.
"Actually, according to the original plan, I should still be searching for Earth's location in space right now..."
"After all, my mother deleted the specific coordinates of Earth long ago in order to protect my sister, so I can only rely on my memories to find it bit by bit."
"But shortly after I arrived in the Milky Way, I received a special signal that was being broadcast to the entire universe."
"The signal contained information about giants, appeared to be some kind of distress signal, and included detailed markings of Earth's coordinate system."
Upon hearing this, it was Masaki Keigo's turn to look at Shinjo in astonishment.
"Earth's coordinates...are exposed to the eyes of all cosmic civilizations?"
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Chapter 307 Giant Combo Attack
"Earth's coordinates...are exposed to the eyes of all cosmic civilizations?"
A series of ominous thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, and Masaki Keigo's brain even briefly froze for a moment.
He simply couldn't imagine the kind of crisis it would be for a civilization that hadn't even ventured beyond its own galaxy to be exposed to the view of the entire universe's civilizations.
"Don't worry too much. That message is encrypted in a special way, and not all civilizations can crack it."
"The reason I was able to decipher that message was simply because of the special nature of the 'embedded system,' which allowed me to synchronize information regardless of ordinary matter."
Seeing through Masaki Keigo's worries at a glance, Shinjo had no choice but to offer words of comfort.
"Besides, there is still Gatanothor on Earth, so no one would want to provoke Earth."
This is also the intelligence obtained from the encrypted message in the new city.
He believed that even madmen like the Natanians would not provoke an evil god who made a living by destroying civilizations.
"Not all civilizations can decipher this..."
"This also means that only the most advanced civilizations in the universe can decipher this message."
Completely different from Shinjo's thought process, Masaki Keigo immediately thought of the most dangerous possibility.
"As long as there are enough individuals who can decipher this message, there will always be one or two who dare to defy the world and forcibly descend upon Earth."
Aren't you yourself the best example?
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Boom!
Just as Masaki Keigo was speaking to Shinjo, Rigaderon finally appeared in the sky above the city.
A colossal mechanical monster swept across the city, creating sonic booms that shattered glass windows in half the city and sent countless electronic devices billowing white smoke.
The residents of this city looked up at the sky in horror.
No one expected that the mechanical behemoth that appeared at the Space Development Agency just yesterday would appear in the sky above their city today.
Panic and screams echoed throughout much of the city in a short time.
Fortunately, the Victory team responded promptly, as always.
They immediately assigned their subordinate logistics departments to work closely with the local government.
"This is not the time to continue talking; we must stop that monster as soon as possible!"
Unusually, he showed a sense of urgency. Shinjo didn't want his sister to be affected by Rigdron's attack, so he needed Masaki Keigo's help.
"This time... you owe me."
After a slight pause, Masaki Keigo ultimately decided not to dwell on it any longer.
In the blink of an eye, Masaki Keigo had already activated the specially made "mobile optogenetic converter" on the jeep.
tumultuous!
Compared to the large optogenetic converter inside the base.
The specially designed "mobile optogenetic converter" on the Jeep is obviously more convenient and faster.
But this thing was developed by Masaki Keigo in private, without ever being reported to his superiors.
Once Shinjo transforms into the purple giant again, TPC will surely know that Masaki Keigo is hiding something again.
However, considering that the new city now possesses crucial clues about assimilation with the giant statue.
Masaki Keigo felt it was a worthwhile deal to do the other party a favor—at least it showed his sincerity and facilitated future cooperation between the two parties.
"Thank you!"
A serene smile appeared on her face as Xincheng slowly opened her arms to receive the light from the photogene converter.
tumultuous!
Its form disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, and endless light, carrying surging energy, converged upon it.
From nothing to something, from small to large...
In the blink of an eye, the original new city had disappeared, and in its place stood the agile purple giant—Terranoid!
However, to Masaki Keigo's surprise, Terraloy had just appeared.
Tiga appeared near the sanatorium on the other side, almost at the same time as Terraloy.
"Ha!" X2